GENERAL INDEX. 



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Bonjeania hirsuta, foodplant of 

 T. ballus 75 



Botanical instinct of butterflies . . 3 



Brachypodium pinnatum, foodplant 

 of f. acteon . . . . 120, 123 



Brachypodium sylvaticum, food- 

 plant of A. flava, 108; foodplant 

 of T. acteon, 120, 123 ; foodplant 

 of A. sylvanvs, 137 ; foodplant of 

 C. palaemon . . . . . . 205 



Bromus asper, foodplant of C. 

 palaemon .. . . . . 201, 205 



Butterflies distinguished from 

 moths, 1 ; fossil, 2 ; generalised 

 in structure, or specialised, 2 ; 

 egg-laying, 2 ; sense of smell in, 

 3 ; eggs, described generally, 5-7 ; 

 hybernating, 6; photographing 

 eggs of, 8-11 ; obtaining eggs of, 

 12-15 ; larvae and their moultings, 

 15-17 ; external structure of larva 

 of, 18-25 ; internal structure of 

 larva of, 25-30; larvae, association 

 of ants with, 30-37 ; carnivorous 

 habits of larvae, 37-40 ; collect- 

 ing larvse of, 40-50 ; silk-spinning 

 habit in larvae, 50-61 ; coloration 

 of larvae, 61-72 ; resting-habits of 

 larvae, 72-78 ; period of quiescence 

 of larvae before pupation . . 78 



Calamagrostis epigeios, foodplant 

 of T. acteon 123 



Callophryid eggs . . . . . . 320 



Carex flowers attractive to T. acteon 127 



Carnivorous habits of butterfly 

 larvae 37-40 



Catalogue of Palaearctic Urbicolids 295 



Centaurea flowers frequented by U. 

 comma, 186; seedheads a resting- 

 place for N. tages, 288 ; flowers 

 attractive to G. dispar . . 435, 459 



Chalcids, infesting butterfly eggs 6 



Gharaxes jasius, larvae spinning 

 silken platform, 55 ; protective 

 value of resting-position of larvae, 

 56, 74 ; cryptic coloration of larva, 



62, 72 



Ghlorippe clyton, larvae gregarious 

 in a web . . , . . . . . 52 



Chrysophanid egg, 320; larva, 

 320-1; pupa, 321-4; imagines, 

 variation of, 325 ; sexual dimor- 

 phism of 325-6 



Chrysophanidi, gynandromorphism 

 in, 417 ; sexual dimorphism in 416 



Chrysophanus, imago, 415-6 ; egg, 

 caterpillar at birth, chrysalis . . 416 



Chrysophanus dispar, larvae drop- 

 ping by a thread, 56 ; var. rutilus, 

 larvae resembling their foodplant, 

 65 ; synonymy, 417-8 ; original 

 description, 418-9 ; imago, 419 ; 

 sexual dimorphism, 419-20 ; 

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specimens, 420-8 ; variation, 

 428-38 ; teratological specimens, 

 438 ; egg-laying, 438-9 ; ovum, 

 439-40; habits of larva, 440-3; 

 larva in first instar, 443-4; in 

 second instar, 445 ; in third instar 

 445-6 ; in final (? fourth) instar, 

 446-7; nearly fullgrown, 447; 

 final instar (fullgrown), 447-8; 

 foodplants, 448 ; pupation, 

 448-50 ; newly-formed pupa (of 

 var. rutilus), 450; pupa (from 

 British pupa-shells) , 450-4 ; living 

 pupa (of var. rutilus), 454-6; 

 pupal colour changes, 456; time 

 of appearance, 456-8 ; habits, 

 458-9; habitat, 459-60; localities, 

 460; distribution ., 460-1 



Chrysophanus hippothoe (var. 

 eurybia), gynandromorph .. 417 



Cinclidia harrisii, larvae in a web 

 before hybernation . . 54 



Clover, reputed foodplant of R . hypo- 

 phlaeas . . . . . . . . 344 



Coenonympha dorus, resting-habit of 

 larva . . . . . . 75 



Coloration of butterfly larvae, 61-72 ; 

 cryptic or warning . . 62 



Comarum palustre, foodplant of H. 

 malvae . . . . . . . . 240 



Compositae, flowers attractive to R. 

 phlaeas . . . . . . . . 405 



Coronilla varia, reputed foodplant 

 of U. comma, 179 ; foodplant of 

 H. malvae, 240 ; foodplant of N. 

 tages 280 



Cremastogaster dohrni (ants), nests 

 frequented by Spalgis epius . . 39 



Cupido minima, assimilation of 

 larva to calyces of foodplant, 64 ; 

 protracted period of larval quies- 

 cence previous to pupation . . 78 



Curetis larvae not attended by ants 33 



Cuvier ' s classification of ' ' Skippers' ' 82 



Cyaniris pseudargiolus, secretory 

 gland in larva of . . . . . . 30-2 



Cyclopides, synonymy of, 191 ; 

 characteristics of . . . . . . 192 



Cyclopides palaemon, synonymy, 



193 ; original description, 



194 ; imago, 194 ; sexual 

 dimorphism, 194 ; genitalia, 

 194-5 ; teratological specimen, 

 195; variation, 195-201; egg-lay- 

 ing, 201 ; egg, 201-2 ; habits of 

 larva, 202-3 ; ontogeny of larva, 

 203-5 ; larva, 205 ; foodplants, 

 205 ; puparium, 205-6 ; pupa, 

 206-9 ; time of appearance, 

 209-11; habits, 211-2; habitat, 

 212-3 ; British localities, 213-4 ; 

 distribution . . . . 214-5 



Cynosurus cristatus, foodplant of 

 A. lineola, 97 ; foodplant of C. 

 palaemon .. .. .. .. 205 



